diff --git a/Signal/translations/bin/auto-genstrings b/Signal/translations/bin/auto-genstrings
index 6d0b6dbcc..83241223e 100755
--- a/Signal/translations/bin/auto-genstrings
+++ b/Signal/translations/bin/auto-genstrings
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ set -e
 
 SSK_DIR="../SignalServiceKit/src"
 
+pushd $SSK_DIR
+CURRENT_SSK_BRANCH=$(git status|awk 'NR==1{print $3}')
+if [ $CURRENT_SSK_BRANCH != "master" ]
+then
+  echo "[!] Error - SSK must be on master to be sure we're generating up-to-date strings"
+  exit 1
+fi
+popd
+
 TARGETS="Signal/src ${SSK_DIR}"
 TMP="$(mktemp -d)"
 STRINGFILE="Signal/translations/en.lproj/Localizable.strings"